The story of melody blue
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Her name is Melody, like a sad old tune
And the way she walks will fool everyone, even you.
So go on ahead and ask her, why she’s so blue,
She’ll say it’s the people and the way they act,
It’s as though she’s surrounded by a sea of black.
The truth is she wants to keep everyone sane,
She’ll even hold our umbrellas and get soaked in the rain.
She’ll shine the brightest so everyone can see,
Just how strong they all can be.
She remains in the dark, lost and blind.
You’ll have the sudden urge to ask her if she minds,
She’ll say she’s stuck in a river of yellow and she’s under attack;
No matter how hard she tries, she can never swim back.
She seems fragile, weak and sick.
Ask her what’s the matter and she’ll say it’s a trick.
She does it for him, her lover in green.
He’s as blue as she is but it can’t be seen.
The yellow she makes covers his wrongs,
And now she’s stuck in a lake where all the light’s gone.
She knows he can see her and he knows it too
But it’s hard to show their true colors, blue.
There is one secret, however, that she holds tight.
She is stronger than most and she’ll go down with a fight.
So go ask Melody why she’s so blue,
She’ll laugh and say she’s drowning in a lagoon.
And her lover too.
One day, he wasn’t there and she saw where he had flown.
He had gone cold; his name carved into stone.
She never got to say the words that mattered and neither did he.
He had loved her colors and so did she.
Now all she has left is a cracked cage,
Something once lived there, but now there’s just empty rage.
She mourns the future she could have seen,
With the man who kept his love hidden in green.
Now ask Melody why she is blue.
She’ll say that her future is gone and now she is too,
Because her love is lost, buried, and dead.
She feels like she’s sinking into a deep pool of red.
And the way she walks will fool everyone, even you.
So go on ahead and ask her, why she’s so blue,
She’ll say it’s the people and the way they act,
It’s as though she’s surrounded by a sea of black.
The truth is she wants to keep everyone sane,
She’ll even hold our umbrellas and get soaked in the rain.
She’ll shine the brightest so everyone can see,
Just how strong they all can be.
She remains in the dark, lost and blind.
You’ll have the sudden urge to ask her if she minds,
She’ll say she’s stuck in a river of yellow and she’s under attack;
No matter how hard she tries, she can never swim back.
She seems fragile, weak and sick.
Ask her what’s the matter and she’ll say it’s a trick.
She does it for him, her lover in green.
He’s as blue as she is but it can’t be seen.
The yellow she makes covers his wrongs,
And now she’s stuck in a lake where all the light’s gone.
She knows he can see her and he knows it too
But it’s hard to show their true colors, blue.
There is one secret, however, that she holds tight.
She is stronger than most and she’ll go down with a fight.
So go ask Melody why she’s so blue,
She’ll laugh and say she’s drowning in a lagoon.
And her lover too.
One day, he wasn’t there and she saw where he had flown.
He had gone cold; his name carved into stone.
She never got to say the words that mattered and neither did he.
He had loved her colors and so did she.
Now all she has left is a cracked cage,
Something once lived there, but now there’s just empty rage.
She mourns the future she could have seen,
With the man who kept his love hidden in green.
Now ask Melody why she is blue.
She’ll say that her future is gone and now she is too,
Because her love is lost, buried, and dead.
She feels like she’s sinking into a deep pool of red.
